Margaret (Fraser) Messer 1866 - 1939

Margaret (Fraser) Messer of Carnegie, Glen Eira City County, VIC Australia was born on March 8, 1866 in Campbells Creek to Catherine (Campbell) Fraser. She had siblings Elizabeth Johanna (Fraser) Hansen, Christina (Fraser) West, Margaret Fraser, James Fraser, John Fraser, William Fraser, Jane (Fraser) Coghlan, Alexander Fraser, Catherine (Fraser) Chitts, Thomas Fraser, and Elspeth Fraser. Margaret was baptized on April 7, 1866 in Castlemaine, Mount Alexander Shire County. She married William McNiven Christie Snr, and they had children Alexander Christie and William McNiven Christie Jnr. She married James Percy Messer, and they had children Ernest Windward Messer, Ida Gladys (Messer) Phillips, Ethel May (Messer) Fletcher, and Violet Olive Messer. Margaret Messer died at age 73 years old on September 9, 1939 in Prahran, Stonnington City County, and was buried on September 11, 1939 at Springvale Botanical Cemetery in Melbourne, Greater Dandenong City County.